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Greg : Next time just follow the fuel Line. You already know that the pickup tube screen has been removed, so just remove the output hose from the next item and see if fuel flows!!

I've said it a Zillion times, but the fuel tank is higher than the engine so if the lines are clear the fuel will gravity feed without the fuel pump pumping !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Guys : I believe that the only thermocouple on the Seaward stoves is for the oven.

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Guys : I've had great success using "Lime-A-Way" to clean out the Heat Exchanger!!

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Rich : With all that was said the junk was the stoppage!! 

FYI the engine will run without the fuel pump because the fuel will gravity flow - fuel tank is higher than the engine!!

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Cliff : The question still remains - Steam or Smoke???

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Cliff : Jon made a good call!!  One of the things that C34 owners usually fail to check is the inside of the raw water face plate. The wear groves will hinder the pumps ability to move water - not a good seal!!!!

Check Jon's suggestions and your face plate before you purchase anything new!!

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Cliff : Is it smoke or steam???  Watch how it dissipates!!   Did you get a blast of hi humidity and cooler air???

Steam or water vapor will rise and clear fairly rapidly!!  Smoke tends to stay closer to the water and takes longer to dilute.

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Rich : Usually a new tank does NOT come with a pickup tube assembly.

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ric : Have you tried DEPCO? 800-445-1656?

Rich : From your Hull # /production year you could (originally had) have a screen in the end of the fuel pickup tube.
Easy to check - remove the Beckson port in the port side cockpit locker. This gives you access to the top of the fuel tank and the fuel pickup. Take the screws out of the pickup assembly and lift it up thur the Beckson hole and look at the end of the pickup hose. If you have a fine metal screen - remove it. Then replace thee pickup tube back in the tank.

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Steve : Which ever you try, You're going to probably have some filing to do with a narrow half-round file!!

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Steve : I'd try a narrow blade saber saw.

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Krafty & Guys: If the fuel dock hand gives you a fuel nozzle that will NOT fit in the C34 fuel fill - you have a nozzle to a high speed fuel pump - which you do not want!!!

When that happens to me, I ask the dock hand if he has a low speed diesel pump - which they usually do have!! Then the fuel nozzle fits in the C34 fuel fill and all is OK!!

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Noah : I've thought of adapting an 3 ft piece of flexible metal hose and attaching it to the Honda's exhaust. Then bend it down so the exhaust (where the noise is) is pointed at the water!!

Haven't done it because I've got in the Dink and moved away from the boat (with the Honda running) but the 1KW Honda makes so little noise I haven't done it!!

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Ed : That's the nature of lead/acid batteries. When they get an internal short they just roll over and die. My neighbor with a 2 year old Mazda, came back from the store (no problem) and a hour later the auto wouldn't start.

I put my meter on the battery and it read 3.2V!!

Typically you should get 4-5 years out of lead/acid battery. After that you are on borrowed time!!

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